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Can anyone recommend a dive resort in Lembeh? Have stayed there before in various places - but standards change, dive guides change etc. Would prefer a mainland resort - but quality of dive operation is most important.

I have disassembled various masks in the past but can't quite see how to take the Favola apart. I've searched the net and I can't find any handy video. I've found the frame clip in the usual place behind the skirt over the nose. But I can't figure out how to release it. Do I push it out, or...

December - the weather was excellent. Yes, there was some rain and sometimes the vis was affected but not too much. Diving Manado-side yielded some excellent diving with sightings including all the usual suspects from pegasus sea moths to nembrotha nudis, bobtail squid etc. Also eagle rays...

Had an excellent break at Boutique Beach, Dhigurah, South Ari Atoll. Visibility was a bit gloomy out in the blue but of course the plankton brought in the biggies. Very close encounters with mantas on two days. They were only inches away overhead at Manta Point. Three or four per group...

I have tried bifocal lenses in a Tusa Ceos mask which are OK but the mask is not the best fit for me. My old Tusa Liberator Plus is the best fit - but I am having trouble finding bifocal lenses for it, but there are some full lenses still available. Question - would a full lens +1.5 be suitable...

We are visiting rellies in November and are looking to buy light-weight warm-water dive suits to replace very worn out kit. We will be in Melbourne and then Perth. Does anyone have recommendations for dive shops with good try-on stock? We are thinking Sharkskin or Fourth Element Thermocline...

I am trying to find a 5 mm shorty to replace an old Mares. Judging by wetsuits I have handled, some are lighter in weight than others at the same neoprene thickness. I have an idea that some 5 mm might be warmer than others. And yes, I know that comfort and good fit can give you at least 1...

Simple question, what is the best way from New York city to Manado, Sulawesi? Actually there are aspects such as cost, time, number of stops and airlines to take into consideration. A night at an airport is acceptable and may well make the journey more comfortable. I think one of the favoured...

Does anyone have any comments regarding hyperbaric treatment for brain injury and strokes? I had post concussion syndrome and still have some problems. There is nothing major on my MRI scan. I found accidentally that diving - just in a swimming pool - made me feel a lot better. Tinnitus...

Travel BC needed. Jacket style. Have tried wing and is not comfortable/efficient for my build. Have had a jacket style travel BC before and it was fine. It got a bit old so bought a new one of that make. Slightly different design and obviously cheaper build. Diving in the Maldives and even...

Just returned from Boutique Beach Dhigurah. Diving was exactly as described for this location. Beautiful fish life from large down to lovely small stuff. Diving was well-organised, thoroughly briefed, very safety-conscious with good quality dive gear for hire. Rooms, food, service etc were...

We're off to East coast Sri Lanka in early July. Recommendations for dive operations? Comments on dive conditions, depths etc? Priority - dive safely and see fish and things, dive guides interested in the fish-life and environment. We had a really good time with Polhena Diving in the South a...

We dived in Madiha Polhena. The fish life was a surprise. Excellent diversity of reef fish and all very big. Banded shrimp looked bigger than my hand. We also saw cobia and tuna. Boulders and sand shutes. The morays were outstanding and often seen out swimming. Nudibranchs too. A nurse...

My Aqualung i200 stopped giving me a safety stop. I used my buddy to time it. I checked the settings and it showed that Safety Stop (SS) was On. Tested it next dive - still no safety stop. In a perverted attempt to test it, I set it show that it showed Safety Stop Off. And of course it gave...

Much advance planning, but 2020 will see a tour of Cambodia. I know there are dive operations in the Sihanoukville area. Does anyone have any comments about dive operations anywhere on the Cambodian coast?

Can anyone comment/recommend dive operations on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica? And doubling up the thread - has anyone been to Bocas del Torro Panama recently and can comment on the dive ops there? We went some time ago and had a good time but think that v good well-run dive op has closed...

Not sure if this is the right forum. I was just looking at items relating to Wakatobi. I saw the (old) video of the diver panicking and watching her reaction on the surface I thought I would make a comment and ask if anyone else has experienced the same. As I did more dives I discovered that...

Trying to organise a trip for ourselves and friends. Strong currents and vast quantities of sharks are a No. Cattleboats and drinking and diving are a No. Touching creatures is a No. Boat diving - yes, four boat dives a day or whole day on boat is really good. And we don't mind trying out...

I read somewhere that India is now starting to come onto the map for diving. Not sure if it was a liveaboard or shore-based. Would that have been the Andaman Islands? I have also seen comments about visibility being poor near the shore - but can't quite see how that could apply to the whole...

I'm thinking of getting another dive computer. My old Suunto provides average depth as well as maximum depth in the dive log. I find this very helpful. It helps me keep track of my dive profile. I know what I planned to do, I keep an awareness of depth during the dive, then the average depth...